1981 NFL Interceptions by Team

The Dallas Cowboys led the whole NFL in interceptions in 1981, with 37, 5 ahead of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. The average across 28 NFL teams is 21.8.

Led the whole NFL in 1981 Dallas Cowboys 16 games

37 Interceptions 5 clear of Tampa Bay Buccaneers

#	Team	G	INT
1	Dallas Cowboys	16	37
2	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	32
3	Green Bay Packers	16	30
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	30
5	San Francisco 49ers	16	27
6	Kansas City Chiefs	16	26
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	26
8	Atlanta Falcons	16	25
9	Detroit Lions	16	24
9	Washington Redskins	16	24
11	Denver Broncos	16	23
11	San Diego Chargers	16	23
	NFL average		21.8
13	New York Jets	16	21
13	Seattle Seahawks	16	21
13	St. Louis Cardinals	16	21
16	Buffalo Bills	16	19
16	Cincinnati Bengals	16	19
18	Chicago Bears	16	18
18	Houston Oilers	16	18
18	Miami Dolphins	16	18
21	Los Angeles Rams	16	17
21	New Orleans Saints	16	17
21	New York Giants	16	17
24	Baltimore Colts	16	16
24	Minnesota Vikings	16	16
24	New England Patriots	16	16
27	Cleveland Browns	16	15
28	Oakland Raiders	16	13

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.